• Trump suggests he could ask Israel to free imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

    Trump suggests he could ask Israel to free imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

    Oct 23, 2025 05:38 PM EST

    President Donald Trump is suggesting he could call on Israel to release imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, the most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader.

  • Entire White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction

    Entire White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction

    Oct 23, 2025 05:18 PM EST

    ... he said is now a $300 million ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House. PHOTOS: White House starts East Wing demolition to build Trump’s ballroom Trump said Wednesday that keeping the East Wing would have “hurt a very, very expensive, beautiful building” that he said presidents have ...

  • Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

    Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

    Oct 23, 2025 04:30 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange and served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. Zhao had asked Trump for a ...

  • Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as his efforts to end Ukraine war falter

    Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as his efforts to end Ukraine war falter

    Oct 22, 2025 10:56 PM EST

    ... in Ukraine." It comes just a few days after President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, a meeting in which Trump refused to provide long-range weapons and seemed to pressure Zelenskyy into territorial concessions. But with this announcement, Trump is taking that first step ...

  • 'This is going to hurt us': U.S. ranchers push back on Trump’s Argentina beef deal

    'This is going to hurt us': U.S. ranchers push back on Trump’s Argentina beef deal

    Oct 22, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    Farmers, ranchers and cattle producers are opposing President Trump’s plan to buy more beef from Argentina. Prices have jumped nearly 14% over the past year, and many cattle ranchers and farmers’ groups are concerned the move will come at their expense. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Buck Wehrbein, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

  • WATCH: Trump meets with NATO head Rutte after talks with Putin put on hold

    WATCH: Trump meets with NATO head Rutte after talks with Putin put on hold

    Oct 22, 2025 10:17 PM EST

    ... Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump sees Xi as wanting to overcome differences on trade Previewing his planned meeting next week with Chinese leader Xi, Trump indicated that he believes the U.S. had the upper hand. Trump has threatened import taxes of an additional 100% in response to China ...

  • University of Virginia strikes deal with Trump administration to pause civil rights investigations

    University of Virginia strikes deal with Trump administration to pause civil rights investigations

    Oct 22, 2025 08:44 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking deals with the Trump administration as it tries to pause months of scrutiny brought by the U.S. Justice Department ...

  • Putin directs Russian nuclear forces drills as summit with Trump is on hold

    Putin directs Russian nuclear forces drills as summit with Trump is on hold

    Oct 22, 2025 06:53 PM EST

    ... Ukraine could win back land seized by Russia during almost four years of fighting.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday emphasized that the planned Putin-Trump summit needs to be thoroughly prepared. “No one wants to waste time: neither President Trump nor President Putin," Peskov told reporters. "These are the ...

  • Trump defends record after possible plan to buy Argentine beef draws pushback

    Trump defends record after possible plan to buy Argentine beef draws pushback

    Oct 22, 2025 06:25 PM EST

    President Donald Trump, facing criticism from beef producers and ag-state Republicans on his proposal to purchase beef from Argentina, boasted Wednesday about his record for America’s ranchers. WATCH: Why Trump is giving Argentina a $20 billion lifeline to help its flailing economy “The Cattle Ranchers, who I love ...

  • Trump's deployments of National Guard troops reignite a 200-year-old Constitutional debate

    Trump's deployments of National Guard troops reignite a 200-year-old Constitutional debate

    Oct 22, 2025 05:15 PM EST

    ... of racial desegregation and the protection of civil rights. All but one of these mobilizations came at the governor’s request – the lone exception, pre-Trump, being President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1957 mobilization of the Arkansas National Guard to desegregate schools in Little Rock over the wishes of Gov. Orval ...